An AKC licensed clubtraining hunting spaniels since 1993

Welcome...

The AKC has approved our 2019 AKC Spaniel Hunt Test scheduled for
the weekend of May 4th and 5th.

Once
again, the test will take place at Hunters Creek Hunt Club
in Metamora, Michigan.

We hope to see you there.

The Great Lakes AWSC (GLAWSC) is an
American Water Spaniel club that formed in 1993 to offer
field training opportunities to American Water Spaniel
enthusiasts. In 2012 the club became licensed by the
American Kennel Club (AKC) as a Performance Club. GLAWSC is
not a
specialty club in the eyes of the AKC but given that all but
a few members own AWS for all practical purposes it is. The
GLAWSC is able to host AKC Spaniel Hunt Tests and
primarily addresses the needs of AWS hunting enthusiasts. Although
the club has members in various parts of the country, its
principal activities have taken place in Michigan, New York,
and Wisconsin. It has additional goals of providing helpful
information to AWS enthusiasts and recognizing AWS for their
achievements in venues such as hunt tests, obedience and
agility trials, and dog shows.

The club provides regularly
scheduled field (hunting dog) training days throughout the
year and occasional field training seminars. Its primary focus is on the
development of the American Water Spaniel (AWS) as a
versatile hunting dog capable of performing as well on a
waterfowl hunt as it will in the uplands.
Field training sessions are customized for each dog and all
who attend work together to help one another bring out the
best in our AWS companions. Training includes field elements
such as general retrieving skills, bird introduction, water
retrieves, flushing, and even obedience.

The Great Lakes AWSC
goes a bit beyond being simply a field training club
though and gives back to the AWS community as a whole by
supporting AWS rescue efforts and contributing to reasonable
AWS health initiatives. It also provides health news that
may affect the AWS community through a variety of sources
including the AKC Canine Health Foundation podcasts. Click
on the link below to gain access to those podcasts. Through
its newsletter, The Journal,
the Great Lakes AWSC tries to stay in touch with its members
and keep them informed of what is happening in both the AWS
and canine community.

If you are looking for a place to chat about the AWS there is a
great page on Facebook called AWS Fans
which is moderated by Daniel O'Dunne. Facebook members seeking
information on the AWS are encouraged to "Like" that page and join
in the conversations.

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